Families Formed Through Adoption

Nature & Nurture: A New Look at How Families Work Early results reveal that children adopted into families fare as well as those born into them. by Susan Freivalds When Matt McGue and his wife were preparing for the adoption of their daughters, Sammie and Elise, he was struck by how little solid information was available on adoption outcomes. “Most of what we heard was based on anecdote or stereotypes,” says McGue, a...

Teenage Adoptees "We’re Okay!"

A Portland based adoption agency runs a support group for teenage adoptees, and while not all the teens participating are members of transracial families, many of them are, and that topic is a big part of the discussions. That the teens would be talking about the subject doesn’t surprise adoption experts because transracial and transcultural adoptions is a topic of interest and study nationwide. In fact, the Evan B....

Imagine If Adoption Really Did Cost Only $10.00

Both of my daughters have been active in Girl Scouts for a few years. They have great troop leaders and their experience has been a positive one overall. Over the Christmas holiday, a situation came up with my older daughters troop. The following e-mails will explain the story. The first one is me e-mailing her troop leader. Good morning, Shawna & I went to the store over the weekend and filled those two Christmas...

Explaining Adoption To Your Child

Over the last several years I’ve met a couple of parents, both online and off, that are waiting for that “right time” to tell their children they were adopted. (Luckily this is not the norm. For most parents, adoption is a topic that is shared and spoken about throughout a childs life.) I adopted my children at an older age, so they came home knowing they were adopted. But I’ve always been intrigued by...

Wordless Wednesday

Here is my entry for Wordless Wednesday. My nine year old daughter likes to create things. She’s always making, or remaking something, sometimes with my help, sometimes on her own. She decided she wanted to make a t-shirt using some of the fabric paint we have. I dug out a white t-shirt for her and she asked me to trace, in pencil, what she wanted to write. Here’s the final product. I love my daughter. **If...

Adoptee Meets Biological Parents After Series Of C...

Couple’s Life Changes 25 Years After Placing Baby for Adoption By BOB BROWN Until the summer of 2006, Laurie and Chuck Thompson had shared a secret for a quarter of a century. The secret dated back to their school days in 1980, when Laurie was a sophomore at Fort LeBoeuf High School in Erie, Pa. She played saxophone in the school band, and she had a horse named Lady that she rode and relied on for company whenever she...

Reality Of An Adult Adoptee

Delta Winds: A Magazine of Student Essays A Publication of San Joaquin Delta College 2000 I Am Who I Am Cheryl Evans In the middle of the afternoon the phone rang interrupting Delores from her afternoon ritual of chamomile tea and the daily newspaper. The caller did not identify herself but quickly confirmed she was speaking to the right party. She further inquired if the date, July 17, 1959, had particular meaning to...

Thoughts From An Adult Adoptee

I came across an interesting list that I’d like to share (with the authors permission) of recommendations for parents from the perspective of an adult adoptee. Not all of these points may apply to every situation. Such as #3. We didn’t come to adoption after infertility and I never had a longing for biological children. In fact, I didn’t even want an infant. There are also many parents on the Forever Parents...